The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-11
TAMPA STILL IN DOUBT.
THE POSTMASTER SAYS THERE is
NO YELLOW FEVER.

Railway Mail Service Clerks Ordered
to Run Into the City-Dr. Wall Sticks
to His Declaration-One Death and
Eight New Cases the Record for the
Day.
WASHINGTON, Oct 10-The Marine Hos
pital Bureau is in receipt of telegram
from Deputy Collector Spencer at Tampa,
Fla, stating that l death and new cases
of fever have occurred at that place since
the last advices, and that funds and nurses
are urgently needed the town treasury
being empty and the people being demoral-
lied. Acting Surgeon General Stoner has
telegraphed to the President of the Tampa
Board of Health asking if the disease exist
ing there is yellow fever, and if SO what
steps are being taken for its suppression. A
telegram has been received from the post
master at Tampa denying that yellow fever
exists there, but stating that dengue fever
is prevalent.
MAIL Clerks To ENTER TAMPA.
General Superintendent Nash, of the Rail
way Mail Service, has received telegram
from Postmaster Edge, at Tampa, Fla, in
which he says that the disease now pre-
valent there is not yellow fever, but is
dengue fever and that fumigating mails
would not prevent spread of the disease.
On the strength of this information the pos
tai clerks have been ordered to run into
Tampa to make an exchange of local mails.
A BAD STATE OF AFFAIRS.
TAMPA, FLA, Oct 10-Eight new cases
and one death is to-day's record.
DIR. Wall claims the disease is unquestion-
ably yellow fever in in an epidemic form
DR.. l.. w. Weldon, City Physician, says
that the disease now prevailing, if single
disease, partakeS of the nature of intermt-
tent malarial fever and yellow fever. If
we have two distinct diseases. and | believe
we have, the epidemicis malarial and we
have a few spasmodic cases of yellow fever,
but it is only reasonable that | cannot pro
nounce it yellow fever, but a hybrid disease
which will have but a very small mortality.
OF the few who have died four
were bad alcoholic subjects The great
majority of the cases are mild form, and
all show decided inclination to recovery.
Offers have been made to bring Dr. Gui-
teros from Key West and DR.. Holt from
New Orleans, to investigate the prevalent
epidemic. Until some expert has pro
nounced the disease yellow fever, Drs Wall
and Weldon will work in the face of gen
eral disbelief that yellow fever is in Tampa.
This feeling, coupled with an empty treas
ury and absent city officials, leaves Tampa
in bad shape to face any disease. The
Mayor, Clerk and one councilman are the
citys price.
SENT ON NORTH.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA, Oct. 10-To give
an idea of how strictly Jacksonville is en-
forcing quarantine law, to-day five passen-
gers from Havana holding health certifi-
Gates arrived here. Immediately they were
put under arrest and kept at the depot until
the first train left for the North and
shipped, notwithstanding their indignant
protests They came through Tampa and
that was sufficient to run them out of town.
A telegram from DIR. Wall, President of
the Board of Health of Tampa, received
tonight, says: ''rhe fever is still spreading
Six new cases and one death is to-days
record. Several patients are i'll a critical
condition.
The professional opinion that the disease
is not yellow fever is not accepted by the
health officers anywhere. Every precaution
is being taken, but there is no fear of infec-
tion elsewhere. Astonishment is felt here
at the action of Supt. Nash in ordering
mail route agents to go into Tampa. They
will not be allowed to return, but will be
quarantined. The following is an official
statement in reference to the local quaran-
tine:
Upon authority of the HilIsborough Board of
Health and of physicians of Tampa, the Duval
County Board is convinced that yellow fever
prevails in Tampa. If, therefore, General Su-
perintendent Nash persists in compelling his
postal clerks to enter that city and refuses TO
order fumgation of the mails, this board will
not allow such infected mail matter to be re-
ceived within its jurisdiction, and will quaran-
tine his clerks on the borders of the county
[Signed NEAL MITCHELL, NJ D.,
President Duval County Board of Health.
This was issued at L o'clock tonight